Disintegration and weakening of the Mughal Empire. The regional kingdoms were weak and were not able to match diplomatic and military skills of the British. British were a strong naval power.
This system of governance was instituted on 28 June 1858, when, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria (who, in 1876, was proclaimed Empress of India).
→ India has enjoyed incomparable position in the whole world due to its economic, cultural and religious inheritance.
→ There was a lot of demand for the Indian spices, muslin, silk cloth, indigo etc in the European countries.
→ Trade between India and Europe was carried out through land route and sea route and at the centre of these routes was Istanbul (Constantinople) in Turkey.
→ Constantinople was captured by Turkish Muslims, the sea route was closed for the Europeans. Since they could not leave without the spices the Europeans compelled to discover a new sea route.
→ Portuguese king Prince Henry, inspired, encouraged and helped people economically to discover new sea route.
→ Bartholomew Diaz discovered the ‘Cape of Good Hope’.
→ The Portuguese sailor Vasco-da-Gama discovered a new sea route to India.
→ First ship under the captain Hawkins arrived in Surat.
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Disintegration and weakening of the Mughal Empire. The regional kingdoms were weak and were not able to match diplomatic and military skills of the British. British were a strong naval power.
This system of governance was instituted on 28 June 1858, when, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria (who, in 1876, was proclaimed Empress of India).
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→ India has enjoyed incomparable position in the whole world due to its economic, cultural and religious inheritance.
→ There was a lot of demand for the Indian spices, muslin, silk cloth, indigo etc in the European countries.
→ Trade between India and Europe was carried out through land route and sea route and at the centre of these routes was Istanbul (Constantinople) in Turkey.
→ Constantinople was captured by Turkish Muslims, the sea route was closed for the Europeans. Since they could not leave without the spices the Europeans compelled to discover a new sea route.
→ Portuguese king Prince Henry, inspired, encouraged and helped people economically to discover new sea route.
→ Bartholomew Diaz discovered the ‘Cape of Good Hope’.
→ The Portuguese sailor Vasco-da-Gama discovered a new sea route to India.
→ First ship under the captain Hawkins arrived in Surat.
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